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n Dr. George Hutcheson Denny By Former Govkknor W ' m. A. JIacCoeklf. {Class of 1H7S) PRESIDENT GEOEGE HUTCHESON DENNY was honi in Hanover County, Virginia, December 3, 1S70. He is tlic sdu nf Rev. Geoi ' ge H. and Charlotte M. (Wright ) Denny. He was graduated at Hampden- Sichiey College, in 1891, with the first honor of his class. He received the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution in 1892, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Cniversity of Virginia in 1890. He has also received the degree (honorary) of LL. D. from the Furmau University, South Carolina, and from Washington College, ] Iaryland. He was married to Janie Jnnkin Strickler in Richmond, Va., June 1, 1899. He was master at Pantops Academy (1892-1890), professor of Latin at Ham])den-Sidiiey (1896-1899), and at Washington and Lee University (1899-1901 ). He was elected president of this University in June, 1901. In 1904, he was president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. Since 1900, he has been trustee of the Carnegie Foundation fnv the Advancement ,f the I!. if Charities and. distinguished uuui at first blush, that should lie written it is ])(issiblv liest ud Lee of Teaching; and since 1908, Chairman Correction for the State of Virginia. Such, in brief outline, is a synopsis nf the life nf the to whom this college annual is di ' dicated. It Wduld seem, the dedicatory statement, such as this is intended tn be, by line of his im mediate co-workers; but, upon retleetinn that the results of his ten years ' work as president of ' ashingt should be written, however briefly, by an alumnus. Providence has been very kind to the South in giving her the men who could work out for her the umst complicated jn-nblems that have ever con- fronted a section or a peojile. When we have summoned leaders to tight our battles, they have appeared. When we have needed builders to renew the waste places, they have not been wanting. Equal in importance with the material and pulitieal life nf the Sdurh. has been the need of c ustructive genius in dur cdiu-atidunl litr. During the
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-.■3f 3TX i .- fiSKi ' -Ti-- .=rf [KTiod of President Denny ' s administration, and for ten years preceding, there was occurring an e])och in the educational life of this country. This period of change was peculiarly vital to the South. The counti-y was widen- ing and broadening its policy, changing its life — whether for better or worse, T will not here discuss. Education, business, ])olitical life, economic thimght, have been going with the new impulse of the day. To meet the conditions arising from this era of change was a supremely important demand. There was a supreme need of strong men at the head of our institutions of learning, men fully able to separate the good from the great measure of the new, yet at the same time to examine, with discrimination, the changing conditions of the tiuies, and to hold, with unerring judgment, to the old and fine tradi- tions of learning and rlie high moral values which through the years have gloritieil the South. At the time of the election of President l)?nny, then a very young man, I am fi ' auk to say that 1, in common with many others, regarded the matter with appri ' hension, for it was a critical iK-riod for Southern education, and an especially critical period for Washington and Lee. With splendid skill and inlinite patience he bound together the widely diverse elements in the life of the college. His strong grasp of the situation was the admiration of his friends and the despair of those who were jirepared to adversely criticize. Those who believed in the old order of things, who were filled with a conservatism that almost failed to understand the changing need of the hour, were with consummate tact led into the light of a newer and brighter day — while the heedless haste of him who would hurry into untried ways was restrained until the road was clear and safe. The steady hand and s])lendid jiersouality of President Denny wrought both conservative and liberal into one cohesive force, working with one end in view — the advanee- uient of the college along high and catholic and sane lines. In a varied and extended experience with many things and many men, I have seen no greater evidence of consummate ability, tact, patience, and Idndliness than was thus shown in consolidating the diiferent elements which I 111 11 conij)Osed the friends, the alunmi, and the clientele of the college. President Denny ' s s])lendid leaji to the very front rank of American (•(liicational executives; the high considoral ion in which he is held bv nianv U
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